quote- Diana Gabaldon’s advice to aspiring writers January 22, 2014

On Twitter yesterday, a young fan asked Diana if she had any advice for aspiring writers who felt completely inadequate. This was Diana’s response. I plan to frame it and post it all over my class room. You don’t get better at ANYTHING unless you practise. Dedication will pay off in the long run, as long as you work at it, and endeavour to keep improving. Diana was brilliantly concise. (Being a ballerina drop out, I can vouch for the accuracy, too! I never got on my toes.) 😉

I would agree wholeheartedly. I think practice is necessary and then you have to a certain humility of spirit to know that you have away to go. It’s funny, I follow a woman called FlyLady who helps keep her followers houses tidy. She was on about the same thing today. People are looking for a magic wand to get their houses clean but it’s actually their arms that are the magic wand, if only they’d realise.

Ah, FlyLady. So many reminders of things to do at home, while I’m at work. lol I followed her a decade or 2 ago when she first started. Now I follow her on Twitter, but I get so many messages I rarely see hers.

If we try to develop something we don’t have a natural talent for, then we can become good enough. If we develop and build on a natural talent then we can become exceptional and brilliant!!
We can still choose what we want to work on and practice 🙂
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Shawn Bird is a high school English teacher, poet, and YA author in the beautiful Shuswap region of British Columbia, Canada. She is a proud member of Rotary and a former Rotary Youth Exchange Student.